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From: jack@hpindda.HP.COM (Jack Repenning)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Re: = An Imaginary Scenario =
Message-ID: <39670001@hpindda.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Nov 88 03:39:17 GMT
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Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA
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> ... If the number of concurrently running copies of frame matches the
> limit on your license, your copy goes into "demo" mode.

This would need some tuning for the university environment - the FrameMaker
solution doesn't distinguish the various copies, only the number of them.
So, as long as any ten students had bought rights to program X, up to ten
(not necessarily paying) students could use it.

"Hey, the server down in ICS 2A seems to have a lot of extra X licenses -
you can go down there almost any time and get on!"

"Hey, I paid for an X license, but I still can't save my work because some
one else is using my license - and I have to turn this thing *in*!"

Jack Repenning
jack%hpda@hp-sde.hp.com